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this is the Oaks a house in the country

which I rented with a summer as an

author I write tales of mystery and

murder but the things that happened in

this house were far more fantastic than

any story I've ever had published

I brought a staff of servants from my

city apartment and my maid Lizzy Allen

who had been with me nearly 20 years

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Lizzy yes miss Kearney is the car at the

door look hmm

miss Kaneda them servants you brought

from the apartment are talking about

walking out on us really I know they

don't like it here but I didn't think it

was that bad could they have been

hearing things about the killer that the

police call the bat and the murders that

he committed here this past winter now

people are saying that he's back again

how can they be sure that has he

committed another crime no not yet but

that ain't saying that he won't here's

something else you've heard about the

bats they have here animal that's the

kind that fly yes yes look what it says

in this magazine this is a report from

the State Health Department and it says

some of them bats is rabid well and that

ain't all now there's a rumor going

around that it was the vet himself the

killer I mean that released the rabid

bats in this neighborhood oh that's

ridiculous

well the house keep Reba cook the butler

and the upstairs maid don't think so no

I can't help but they think if

hysterical nonsense like that can scare

them out of their good jobs it's their

loss not mine

come on Lizzy I've got to get to the

bank

drive directly to Zenith bag Warner I'm

afraid we'll have to hurry it's

composing time I'll get you there mr.

Corda

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thanks again miss Van Gorder how are you

thank you

you remember Lizzy Alan of course hello

miss Alan so you're spending the summer

with us yes yes I've leased the Oaks the

home of your bank president John Fleming

I heard you had I was surprised

why is there something the matter with

them no I was surprised because mr.

Fleming said he would never rent it oh

well I rented it from his nephew Mark

Fleming who has the real estate office

here

he said his uncle would be gone the

entire summer that's right

mr. Fleming's in the North Woods now

with his physician dr. wells oh pardon

me Dale I want you to meet my wife we

were married at Christmastime that must

have been nice believe me it was well

here she is my wife miss Van Gorder and

miss Alan how do you do how do you do I

need your van Garderen oh well I've read

every murder mystery you've ever written

I just adored that weird one the private

mooring of dr. X even though I gave me

the shivers only the shivers scared hell

out of me oh well I I really mean that

miss corny killed them off in that one

when you refer to my books please don't

call me miss corny

Harvey mr. beiley mr. Heinz is here to

see you oh yes mm-hmm excuse me please

don't be strangers now well not quite

not since Christmas you know I'm sure

I've seen you well I I used to be my

husband's secretary here in the bank of

course I remember

may I welcome our most distinguished

visitor back to Zenith that's very

charming but lieutenant Anderson

lieutenant Anderson of course Chief of

Detectives of the zenith Police

Department this is miss Allen Miss Erin

how do you do lieutenant Anderson is one

of our favorite citizens he's on the

bank's board of directors not bad for a

policeman you must have made a good

thing of it ha ha ha

well I saved my money if that's what you

mean it's near closing time and I've got

some business in the safe-deposit vault

please come and see me Mrs Bailey I'd

love to you lieutenant goodbye bye

my what a charming woman she moved into

the yolks just the other day that house

is a proper setting for a writer of

mysteries it certainly is dick what's

the matter come in here both of you

Andy we're in trouble

Wendell Hinds came in to pick up three

hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth

of bonds that we were holding as

collateral for a loan they were kept in

our special vault mr. Fleming and I are

the only officers of the bank who have

access to that vault so Hinds bars are

gone that's not all other negotiable

securities are missing from what I can

gather short of a careful check the bank

has been looted of over a million

dollars worth of securities you'll have

to notify Fleming I could talk to him

unfortunately he and dr. wells are deep

in the woods they can't be reached by

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what is it I thought I heard someone on

the path coming from the lake had an

idea it might be that guide of ours Oh

Sam won't show up until morning it's a

20-mile canoe trip from here to

civilization five will get you ten Sam

has a message for me I thought you told

him at the bank not to bother you I did

but they'll bother me doctor yes John

what would you do for half a million

anything short of murder why not murder

too messy to greater risk for half a

million yes I pinched a million from the

bank I'm not kidding I embezzled it not

that I think you wouldn't do it if you

thought you could get away with it I got

away with it I'm not talking about

currency I took negotiable securities

that could be converted into cash I have

the cash in tens twenties and hundreds

and I'm your doctor not your lawyer why

tell me this you'll find out why who's

gonna take the blame for the robbery

Hayley the cashier they'll never suspect

me I like Bailey soda why I love the guy

I gave him his first chance he has a

lovely little wife

charming girl was the best man where's

the million in my family's tomb and

Senath in the crypt with my father's

casket I don't buy that child no no

you forget that I had you in charge when

you were a very sick man when you raved

in delirium and I heard you talk about a

hidden room now where else could you put

a hidden room except in that mansion you

built that white elephant you call the

Oaks look everyone knows I have a bad

heart who would doubt it if you wired

the bank directors but my heart had

failed I had fallen from a great height

here in the woods but I was badly

smashed up you could shift the body back

for burial and instruct them not to open

the casket due to the condition of its

contents well you realize of course that

we'd have to have a body to put in that

casket which means that we'd have to

deal with an undertaker at this end of

course well where do we get a body

couldn't we provide one of our own

how about Sam Sam our guide Sam weighs

about as much as I do he's practically a

hermit he wouldn't be missed for a long

time the local Undertaker would know him

not if we made him look as if he'd been

in a serious accident but if Bailey's

gonna take the blame why do you have to

do this a jury might acquit him in that

case I'd be a logical suspect I could

disappear of course but it's safer if

they think I'm dead

what if I don't go for this deal in that

case it would be too bad you mean you'd

kill me what else could I do now that

I've told you about the million I'd say

you were shot in the hunting accident

I'll look doctor if you can find another

body instead of Sam's it's all right

with me there's half a million in it for

you I'll do my best I smell smoke

so do I what's that noise look doctor

the woods are on fire it's coming this

way

we've gotta get out of here the back way

we will as soon as I provide that body

we were talking about

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is that you yes misprint evilly there's

a storm coming up and it's gonna be a

snorter the wind nearly blew the door

off its hinges will add noise blew my

game higher than a kite I think I've

lost some of the car I'll get them for

you oh I see you found the paper direct

that paper boy scooting by on his

bicycle just chucked it into a couple

bushes and let it go at that

for my sake mr. Vick Bailey's been

arrested Oh Victor Bailey vice-president

and cashier of the zenith Bank was

arraigned before United States

commissioner

Alvin fielding charged with the

embezzlement of over a million dollars I

can't believe it baby anything to do

with that robbery oh well I see our

landlord is home again landlord mr.

Pamuk

dr. Malcolm wells is back in town with

the body of John Fleming president of

the zenith Bank who was killed in a

forest fire mr. Fleming will be laid to

rest in his family's tomb on Friday and

I hope he stays there

why shouldn't he well this is his house

and ever since he died some funny things

have happened here

for instance the housekeeper the cooked

and the Butler said that they heard

strange noises at night and the upstairs

maid swore that she met a man without a

face coming up the back stairs

oh so that's why they quit and left me

to run this place without a staff they

didn't tell you miss corny but the truth

is they were scared to stay but you're

still here Lizzie

haven't you seen anything no no and even

if I had I ain't afraid of ghosts

they're afraid of me honest miss Cordy a

spiritualist told me once that ghost was

allergic to me

but this bat feller they keep talking

about Linda paper I I guess he'd be

different no I don't think you would

have the same effect on him

the Triad to do drive people away from

this part of the country

all right what does it say about the bad

specialty seems to be killing women my

goodness

two of them in one night all his victims

died the same way like their throats had

been ripped open with steel claws that's

a charming little caper I'll have to try

it sometime in a book just something

against the house that's just the wind

banging a door pay no attention to it

listen to this one of his victims who

live for a moment after she was found

described the bat as a man without a

face honest miss corny I think that

woman must have been exaggerating

just that heavy tapestry at the top of

the stairs I know I know I've heard it

before on a windy night that sounds as

if there were some other stairs I know

there isn't yes I shouldn't be them's

just the noises you hear in any old

house on a windy night it says here that

the bat never leaves no fingerprints

that's understandable

having no face he probably has no

fingers I know but that I suppose is the

cat dropping its dentures no I don't

think so but I think it's something

should be looked into

now hold chopped him down hear the wind

I hope that must be a good time open up

there nobody let him lay let him sleep

it off I hope the power lines don't go

down put the lights out now we'll check

the windows in the living room and draw

the curtains and then we'll go to bed

yes ma'am

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turn the light off I forgot to turn on

again he's out there he was coming in he

might have got you hello but he didn't

and he still there thanks to you now you

hurry now and we'll call the police no

no I won't leave you mr. Coony are you

okay yes ma'am I'm okay okay and give me

the police department please

this is Cornelia Van Gorder I'm living

at the oaks just a moment ago a man

tried to force his way into this house

what about your service well I have none

except my chauffeur and he's away he

won't be back into the morning now

there's only two of us here tonight and

we're going to lock ourselves in my room

now if any of your men see anything will

you have them call me over there right

away well thank you very much come on

Lizzie we're gonna sleep in my room huh

well nothing can get at us in this now

this door seems good and solid like the

door to a tomb I think that couch will

be comfortable there's some extra

bedding you know yes how's it no boat

well that's not so good my good woman is

a booby trap if anybody tries to open

this transom this will be knocked off

and will hear it fall

Fiddlesticks

I forgot my night things my rule but

gown in the slippers I'll go get him now

wait a minute Lizzy I'll go with you now

don't you bother mr. need if my rooms

just down me I told you to wait

see it's all right now only a second yes

yes the man's inside no he's in oh just

outside my bedroom

have your men breaks through the kitchen

door and search this place from top to

bottom I will I have a gun and I know

how to use it

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relax busy the police did a good job

they couldn't find anybody in here

we both saw in this Canadian alright

alright so he got away and then on guard

outside so just try and get some rest

there's nothing can get out of here

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Oh nonsense you've had a nightmare maybe

I did but there was a bat in it and it

hit me

it flew or not closet operator operator

will you get me dr. Malcolm Wells office

please no I don't know his number and I

have no phone book up here but this is

an emergency will you connect me with

his office booth rabies hello hello dr.

Wells office well this is miss Van

Gorder of the oaks my maid has just been

bitten by a bat that may be rabid and

she must have treatment as soon as

possible and I was told that dr. wells

was the nearest physician I'll try to

find him for you oh well thank you very

much oh he's out on a case Oh

hope it's not a delivery a baby I mean

they can be terribly complicated it

never bothered me not now Lizzie you've

never had a baby of course I didn't

that's why they never bothered me does

it have a tongue

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on the wire it's an emergency

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this is dr. wells this is your car

service doctor oh hello I was just doing

an experiment I left the receiver off

that's what I thought but I kept trying

miss Van Gorder the Oaks called and said

that her maid had been bitten by bat and

she's afraid it might be rabid what

oh all right tell her I'll be right over

there

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who's there

come in good evening found you doctor

but I reached my office shortly after

you called how is your maid is she in

any pain no no she doesn't seem to be

did the bat get away no I believe it's

still in my bedroom not good I want to

examine it

there you go miss Ellen now you'll feel

better doctor have I got the rabies well

I can tell you better after I've

examined the bats brain under a

microscope that thing's got a brain oh

you'd be surprised where is it

I think the little darling is in that

closet you know it's a pity you leased

this house miss Van Gorder forbidden

well my dear lady I don't want to alarm

you oh well after tonight nothing allow

me yes I understand it must have been

terrifying so many unexplainable things

have happened here there's something

about the place your servants must have

sensed it when they walked out on you an

apprehension of disaster well let's see

yes all right now take it easy

nobody's going to hurt you quiet now

looks quite normal doesn't seem to be

sick at all

ain't that nice I've been worried about

him well you should be from his

appearance I'd say that he doesn't have

any infection in which case you've had a

narrow escape now you take one of those

tablets are left for you and I'll

guarantee you a good night and I'll drop

in on you tomorrow oh thanks for

everything doc I don't worry I can find

my way out oh I know you can but do let

me help you oh don't forget that once

I'm gone you'll have to climb those

stairs alone oh I'm all right I'm mom

now can you shoot one of those things

without shutting your eyes Oh doctor

their guns in every book I've ever

written I don't write about things am

unfamiliar with goodnight doctor

accident no no the wind blew him down oh

I think did you know that young Mark

Fleming least you this house without

notifying his uncle no well it doesn't

matter now John Fleming is dead and

marks his heir but if John were alive he

would warn you to leave here miss Van

Gorder really yes it's been a tragic

place for anyone who ever lived in it

well good night good who's out there

nobody worried about sandy that's right

oh good evening miss Betty Cardellini

new tenant somebody sick here my maid

was bitten by a bat

a rabid vet well I'll know for sure when

I get to my lab I caught the bat it

happened indoors in my bedroom how'd it

get in well in many ways the bat could

get in the house you ought to know I I

spotted this hole in the window the

minute I got here that's where the

two-legged bat got your door open miss

Van Gorder told me that she phoned

headquarters at Zenith yes I phoned

twice the second time was after the

Prada got in the house when headquarters

handy no but they contacted me an

officer came and searched the house from

top to bottom but they couldn't find the

bed you better have this window fixed

tomorrow oh yes I certainly sure I'd

better be going on I'm doing surgery at

8 o'clock in the morning good night

there will be a man patrolling the

grounds all night whispering thank you

and nobody inside any why should I be

well how do you know but what the bat is

hiding somewhere in the house I'm quite

sure he isn't in the house doctor not

now

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hi Andy hello mark

well congratulations realistic business

must be picking up new office new

furniture new deal how do you like it

looks expensive

are you squandering your inheritance

haha I haven't got it yet paper says

John Fleming left his entire fortune to

you funny thing about that entire

fortune is that we can't find it no

kiddin Uncle John had in his bank

account there's a couple of hundred

dollars and it's safe deposit box was

that if we don't find that missing

million mine will be empty too how come

well all my savings were invested in

Zenith Bank stock the examiners won't

certify the bank is solvent until those

stolen securities are found so the

stockholders have voted an assessment to

wipe some of us out

it's a since those securities have been

converted into cash if I can't find that

cash I'm sunk

oh where you gonna look for it nd your

ingenious your uncle wouldn't take a

million on a hunting trip would he you

suspect Uncle John hi Andy

he founded the zenith bank it'll be like

robbing the family tomb you think he

wouldn't well besides Vic's Bailey's

fingerprints are all over the vault no

they didn't find any of Uncle John's

fingerprints because he wiped him off

can the defense prove that they are

trying to Judy Hollander baelish

secretaries of defense witness they

believe her testimony will have a

powerful effect on the jury well she has

a powerful effect on me

Judy's a doll

here's the book you mentioned Judy your

newest one yes it's just been published

you can have that copy if you want

oh it's the first edition and you've

signed it yes of course thank you so

much may I serve tea now Miss Ann Gordon

yes please do wanna thank you I see

you've engaged new servants yeah as a

god how did you persuade them to live in

this house well Jane Patterson my new

housekeeper knows this house better than

you do doctor she worked for John

Fleming and Warner was my chauffeur

chauffeur Jane Butler yes incredible you

can play any part at a moment's notice

it did you where did you get a plumber

Warner no we can't get a plumber for

three days madam what about that pipe

for the basement well he flooded in

three days the pipe is no longer leaking

you mean it's dried up of its own accord

no not quite I packed the elbow where

the water was coming out packed the

elbow oh where did you learn how to do

that well into each life a little rain

must fall and the careful man learns to

keep himself dry now is there anything

else that you require miss Van Gorder no

thank you madam

now there is a character how long did

you say that he worked for you as

chauffeur about three months well I hope

he doesn't have a police record My dear

Dale it may interest you to know that

the last night of his life John Fleming

told me that he loved your husband like

a son if Fleming were alive today he

would be fighting to prove its innocence

but mr. Fleming improve his own

innocence miss Van Gorder can there be

any doubt about it there will be when

Miss Hollander testifies at Vic's trial

oh you know something that we haven't

heard yet

Judy something I saw with my own eyes

she's not permitted to say what it was

my dear girl I wouldn't think of asking

it but let's assume for a moment that

Fleming did steal the million now

what would he do about it where is it

hidden someplace where he could lay his

hands on it without getting caught in

the act now if I was writing this

instead of living in the middle of it

I'd hide it right here in this spooky

old house under a loose floorboard or up

a chimney

if mr. Fleming had the nerve to steal a

million he'd make his plans well in

advance I'd say he'd prepared a place to

hide it possibly when this house was

being built I rented this place for Mark

Fleming his nephew I wonder I wonder if

he'd have the floor plans I'll ask him

yes Lizzy will you bring Mrs Bailey the

phone you ask him now his number is

summit summit 7 5 3 7 Thank You Lizzy

summit 7 5 3 7 not bad a knee that means

new business now you see somebody wants

to buy a house Mark Fleming's biggie

oh hello Dale well hang on a minute

honey while I see if I have a today Oh

Bailey all excited miss Van Gorder wants

to know if I have the floor plans of the

Oaks now what would she want with the

floor plans

oh she suggested to me that your uncle

might have hidden the bank look there

are the plans here somewhere in the

house itself wait a minute there is a

place where Johnny might have kept those

blueprints what place well I heard him

talk about it a good many years ago I

can't be sure of the exact location

anyway I don't think the old boy had the

guts to steal a million but if I find

those plans I'll let you know Andy hello

Dale look honey I haven't seen those

plans since I was a kid but I'll come

over tonight maybe we can find it thank

you Mark will expect you

it seems to think they're here in the

house silver it's coming over tonight

well that's good

dan and Julie are my houseguests for the

weekend would you like to have dinner

with us tonight

Oh No thank you I I couldn't I still

have a few calls to make

you know if Judy's testimony is going to

clear Vic Daly and implicate John

Fleming others may get the idea that

there's buried treasure in this house

don't even mention your testimony until

you're actually understand oh I won't

that's a smart girl Judy and a very

lovely girl

well good afternoon ladies goodbye come

on girls let's go

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I realize I should be putting them down

on paper

why don't you your husband's secretary

there yes I was

you take shorthand my dear if you'd like

to have your mind occupied I want you to

work with me while I write the story of

this fantastic criminal the bat

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as you was wonderful

oh what a lovely piece of silver it's an

original isn't it

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clock hasn't struck the hour the last 10

years if I'm to believe what ma Fleming

told me why is it angled away from the

wall like that I don't know somebody

must have moved it

Luzi very like that when she was dusting

wait a minute

did you know there's a door in this

family oh my gracious so there is maybe

it opens to a secret passage Oh

certainly to a secret something who

knows girls will be about to stumble on

that missing minion oh there must be

some gimmick to it

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calling car 11 calling car 11 proceed to

the oaks and Zenith Township immediately

a homicide has been reported okay

proceeding to Lee oaks notify the county

coroner dr. world tell him to come to

the Oaks at watch

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if its throat has been torn by some

creature with fangs or claws

that's his sign we found it on the

others he killed had hoped those reports

that he was up to his old tricks again

were pure imagination but apparently

they're based on faked he's come back

back to the scene of his kills yes

that's who I mean that's who did this

but bad who found mark we all did

and his Dale and Julie and I Lizzy was

in the dining room this is my new

housekeeper

Jane Patterson you know she worked for

John Fleming I know where were you mrs.

Patterson in the kitchen cleaning up I

cook the dinner tonight

did you know that the secret closet was

here it was behind the grandfather's

clock well it was I who found it really

notice the clock had been moved and the

door wasn't quite closed okay

oh is it

mark Flemming mmm it's currently you saw

the same wounds on the others how long

has it been dead I'd say about a half an

hour you believe it was the bat that's a

bad trade mark perhaps he's still in the

house that's possible why should he be

because he's looking for something and

like you he believes it's here and he's

a persistent killer I would advise you

to get out of this house as quickly as

possible

notwithstanding our expert police

protection have you called the morgue on

their way to no good I want to examine

the body before they get here

maybe take it into another room yes to

the Sun Room in the day thank you Jim

well madam it will that's been an

accident there's been a murder

mark lemming the young man whom I leased

this place was killed here tonight they

know who did it well they they believe

it was the bet I'm sorry I had to use

the front door miss Van Gorder but I

forgot my keys and I rang the bell at

the kitchen door there was no response

oh this is war no lieutenant he's my

Butler

he was my chauffeur why did you promote

him but it's very difficult to find a

butler they don't like service in the

country have you been about that before

I've served in many capacities sir but

this was my night off and I forgot my

keys I heard that part what time did you

leave the house tonight

about 6:30 I had dinner at Wally's

Roadhouse can you prove where you spent

the rest of evening

I can try try hard and don't leave the

house I'll get you later

very good sir I shall be in my room miss

Van Gorder if you need me yes

surely you don't think he's won an I've

met before I can't recall where or a win

but I will

there'll be a crew here shortly from

headquarters dusting for fingerprints

taking photographs but in the meantime

mrs. Patterson you aren't leaving the

house tonight are you no lieutenant

don't I'll talk to you in the morning

good night good night sir Dale I was

with Mark Fleming in this afternoon when

you talked to him but the floor claims

of this house I heard him tell you he

was coming here tonight

Dale called him at my request she told

me he was coming

well should I tell you that Judy Lizzie

and that nice dr. wills dr. wills there

are few killers who kill for the fun of

it the bet very likely is a mental case

and I'm convinced that his crimes are

motivated by his Meenu for personal gain

there's a million dollars at large and

he's going to keep on hunting for it

until he lays his hands on it these

young ladies are staying here tonight

yes they're my houseguests well when my

crew arrives we'll be busy for a while

so I'd suggest but should we go to our

rooms that's been a good idea what about

a police guard for this house tonight

lieutenant you've got one I'm gonna

cover this place tonight from the Attic

to the basement if the men makes another

call I'll have a little surprise for him

who who is he have you any idea

he could be anybody so far there are

clues to his identity but nothing we

could take before a jury I am afraid we

must look higher than the criminal world

he may be a merchant lawyer doctor

scientist one of the pillars of his

community

ladies lock your doors tonight stay

behind I promise you you'll be safe good

night good night

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yeah to pity so young well doctor do you

agree it was the bat in my report I

shall say the death was caused by the

same technique used in the other

killings a paralyzing blow to the throat

followed by severe lacerations of the

jugular resulting in excessive

hemorrhage in a layman's language he

didn't know what hit him oh he knew but

he didn't have time to think about it

he's staying here tonight Andy until I

check the doors and windows but I'll be

back bright and early in the morning

neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom

of night stays these couriers from the

Swift completion of their appointed

rounds

a lot of people are due for a shock when

I close this case yes I'm sure they are

good night Andy don't get hurt good

night nothing

you know I think we'd better let you get

some sleep

oh well Lizzy and I share this room for

mutual protection you know one night a

storm - the wires down put the lights

out and I went out the next day and

bought a half a dozen of these things

you better take one with you Dale

oh thank you

are you sure there's nothing else you

need no right sure we'll be all right I

would anything bothers you just sing out

and two strong women will come to you Oh

nothing will bother us not with Andy on

the job don't worry everything will be

all right good night

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oh I don't think I'll sleep tonight me

neither

all I can see is poor mark Flemming

staring at us I thought that when people

died their eyes closed is in sleep don't

think about it I'll bet you're thinking

about it no I was thinking of my poor

husband sleeping in jail tonight Oh Judy

I love him so much

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what's that noise I don't know I kind of

feel half asleep for a moment I thought

it was something from a dream it's

somewhere in the house

yes on the floor above not directly over

us

probably a room overlooking the driveway

should we call miss Van Gorder she'll

hear it how can she help but hear it

besides we don't want her to think we're

a couple of hysterical women who I'm

about to become for one night Dale

you're not going out in that hall I want

to know what's happening up there but

lieutenant Anderson said if we stayed

behind our locked doors would be safe

Vic isn't safe locked up in that jail

I suppose that stolen money is in this

house Mark Fleming seemed to think it

was maybe that's what somebody's looking

for sick don't you hear that awful noise

out there just got to stay awake house

phone and the outside phone wires have

been cut and we can't get help

where's that policeman oh I don't know

something must have happened to him now

go on get on your robe Oh Dale please

don't go up there I've got to think what

it could mean to Vic now you stay here

hello

if you go I go

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you know no you go up there a little

wait here I'm gonna see what it is so

please let me go with you do you warn me

if anyone comes

now wait

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Judy

your bear yes the bat he caught her at

the head of the stairs we saw him

rushing down the stairs as we came out

of the room I heard that after him I hit

him I believe I am going to cover this

place from Addington basement you said

well what were you covering when that

poor child was murdered where were you

I saw a man outside in the ground I were

out there and hunted him I heard him in

among the trees and so I followed the

sound of him as far as the brook down

near the back road and then I lost her

I'd rather give my own life than have

this happen to Judy but I told you to

stay in your rooms and lock your doors

and stay there what was she doing at the

head of those stairs that was my fault

they heard a strange noise heavy

pounding and one of the rooms on the

third floor we all heard it I wanted to

see what it was Julie what she wouldn't

let me go all by myself

what about your new Butler oh he's in

his room I suppose Oh

mrs. Patterson oh yes did you know what

happened to here no sir but I heard the

screams I went to call Warner we have

rooms on the same floor

but he wasn't in his room his bed hasn't

been slept in if mrs. Patterson heard

the screams Warner could certainly hear

them quite right sir I heard them no you

did and where were you outside in the

grounds mr. Holland has been murdered no

so you're surprised shocked well I've

seen better performances I remember you

now your name's not Juana

I've got a circular in my office with

your picture on it

the Chicago Police not so long ago were

hunting for you in connection with the

robbery you're right again sir and they

found me and they tried me and I proved

my innocence and I was acquitted that

could have been a lucky break where were

you when this child was killed I told

you before sir outside were you doing

there I was following you I saw you

leaving the house and seemed that you

were hunting someone I thought you might

need some help oh yes sir I've followed

your flashlight down through the trees

then it disappeared and then suddenly as

I was staring out into the darkness I

was struck by something

on the back of the head the next thing I

knew I was lying on the ground I

realized I'd been knocked out I wish you

had been knocked out but then we'd have

found you with your mask still on your

face you will hit here in this house

with this poker is you were rushing down

those stairs after that childhood I

don't know so you can't pin this on me

I'm not the bat I've never killed I

couldn't kill I won't take the rap for

this

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well doctor we have another case for the

County Coroner you see the bat came back

why did you come back doctor well I I

had an accident about a mile down the

road the right rear wheel of my car came

off and I plunged into the ditch this

was the nearest house so I came here to

call for help I thought I'd find you

around and II physician heal thyself you

must have been hit by something on the

back of your head I told you I had an

accident so you did doctor so you did I

could be wrong

but maybe I am NOT we shall see let's

start a new chapter four days the

murders held the headlines lieutenant

Anderson grilled us

ransacked the house from top to bottom

Warner was not placed under arrest but

his every move was watched at night

except for a detective on guard in the

house the police and the reporters left

us alone and on one of those nights

without telling Lizzi or anyone else I

pursued a secret investigation of my own

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it was in an empty room on the third

floor where we kept our trunks and other

things

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you

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put him up man it's a bright idea to

kill me in my own lab and let people

think that I'm the bat but you had to

kill me first

what was it to be ambushed I'm clever as

you are you're not smart enough to do

that no were you smart enough to find

the money though you came quite close to

it but I know what it is

and when you're dead with that sign

pinned on your chest I'm going to

collect it and live happily ever after

he destroyed himself how true that will

be goodbye bat here's a serum that will

heal you whether you're rabid or not

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wrong

something's wrong

this Cornelia this Cornelia would she be

going at this time on night I'm sick Mr

Davenport

Mr Davenport a fine thing the door and

bolted the chain offer and you asleep on

the job

wait - lieutenant Anderson hears about

this come on wake up

what's the matter with money no no I

don't know my head hurts

my whole body's numb here here take a

sip of this try to snap out of it I'll

be back in a minute

Harry will you it's Lizzie I'm terribly

worried I can't find miss Cornelia

anywhere and something's happened to the

police then I don't know what get Warner

bring him to the drawing room tell him

we need him are you all right now I'll

be all right in a minute I remember now

I took a drink of wine from that Decatur

there miss Van Gorder told me to help

myself she wouldn't put nothing in it

well somebody did somebody who knew I

was on duty here was somebody that got

miss Van Gorder I can't find her

anywhere upstairs Downstairs are in the

basement I told the housekeeper to get

warmer lieutenant Anderson will want to

know about this hello

yeah this is Davenport at the yokes

we've got trouble here well for one

thing I was drugged yeah but I must have

been knocked out because the mate tells

me miss Van Gorder is missing well you

better call Anderson let him know he's

not at home

well worried not a key what case dr.

wells what else did they tell you about

him Oh hurry we've got to find Miss

Cornelia okay lieutenant Anderson is out

on a case dr. wells was found dead in a

room next to his garage murdered doctor

well there's something queer about the

killing of Wells but headquarters won't

talk about it

Lissy one it isn't in his room there's

no kind of him anywhere I was supposed

to keep an eye on that guy where's miss

Cordelia that's what I want to know wait

a minute didn't you say that the chain

and the boat were off of the front door

I certainly did well maybe miss Van

Gorder went outside she never would we

better look miss Cornelia yeah miss

Cuddy look there's a light in that room

of the third floor will you work there

tonight well of course I was but I

turned the lights out before I came

downstairs miss Cornelia might have

turned them on again that's why we're

going to look first come on

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yes I'm here here we are miss Van Gorder

what do we do now over the mantel

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which panel did you say miss Van Gorder

which man we couldn't hear you she said

strike it what difference does it make

which panel strike them all

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oh it's alright it's alright this is

here

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feeling better we'll take it to your I

know you want I'm gonna stay right here

I'm quite all right

oh how Blizzard it is debris they're not

an effort you know no one knows how

sweet the air can taste until someone

shuts it off for a moment that room is

just like a box when the mantlepiece

caused it seemed like holy air was drawn

out of it

let it close I can open it from in here

there's a control panel behind this

blueprint electric motor under the

trapdoor here once the door is open you

can keep it that way I believe that the

fireplace in this other room opens the

same way and it does I tried to find

this but I couldn't but it it was back

of this blue right here that's it's

quite a setup too bad we can't open that

safe in the same way take an expert to

crack this box or a shot on nitro oh

maybe maybe that's what the bat had in

mind could be seems he's on the prowl

tonight defender Oda wadda has

disappeared

and dr. wells has been murdered dr.

wells

lieutenant Anderson's on that case right

now but does he know what happened here

tonight they got word to him he'll be

here any minute

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no miss thank God little arches are fine

okay put that light on the other room

where you go to report the fire where

you just stayed right here we said go to

the garage

yeah I'll let it burn you watch the

stair don't you see that fire was set to

get us out of the house are you talking

about them yes yes I'm talking about the

bet now that the lights are out you'll

think his triggers worked and we've gone

he'll be here any minute

well so lieutenant Anders I hope so but

the battle be here first and he'll kill

again if we're in his way we've got to

be as clever as he

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but you'll be safer downstairs I'll take

care right well the others can go but

I'm gonna stay right here alright but

get out of sight

let's face it ladies and get it over

with others have seen my face before

they died but I'll have to deny you with

that pleasure this would make a good

scene for your book miss Van Gorder but

I'm afraid you'll never write it

that is war I couldn't a misjudgment

miss Ellen

I don't like being a murder suspect my

stepdaughter I was headed for a plane

but halfway to the airport I changed my

mind and came back and had that I did

it's a dentists

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yes

he discovered the secret of the hidden

room and was waiting to get into it open

up the safe we found the money in its

little over a million in tens and

twenties and hundreds good ol Andy with

all his ill-gotten gains invested in

Bank stock it's rather a clever way to

hide stolen money in the open as it were

and so respectable but don't try it

no matter how clever you are you can't

hide murder

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that's it dude that's the end

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